Mounting The Router In A Rack - Cisco 2900 series Installation Manual

Installing the Router
Figure 3-11
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Mounting the Router in a Rack

After you attach the rack-mount brackets to the router chassis, use the screws provided with the rack to
install the chassis in the rack. (See
For 23-inch SBC brackets start the lower pair of screws first, and rest the brackets on the lower screws
Tip
while you insert the upper pair of screws.
The screw slots in the brackets are spaced to line up with every second pair of screw holes in the rack.
Tip
When the correct screw holes are used, the small threaded holes in the brackets line up with unused screw
holes in the rack. If the small holes do not line up with the rack holes, you must raise or lower the
brackets to the next rack hole.
To prevent bodily injury when mounting or servicing this unit in a rack, you must take special
Warning
precautions to ensure that the system remains stable. The following guidelines are provided to
ensure your safety:
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Bracket Installation for Center-Rear Mounting
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DO NOT
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DO NOT
REM OVE
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23-inch EIA brackets
This unit should be mounted at the bottom of the rack if it is the only unit in the rack.
When mounting this unit in a partially filled rack, load the rack from the bottom to the top with the heaviest
component at the bottom of the rack.
If the rack is provided with stabilizing devices, install the stabilizers before mounting or servicing the unit in
the rack. Statement 1006
2 19-inch EIA brackets
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